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Title: Partners in Crime by Agatha Christie ISBN: 0-451-20117-5 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: 06 January, 2004 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.44 (9 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Wonderful
Comment: Tommy and Tuppence are what one would get if Poirot and Marple married...(and then knocked off 30 years)... These charactes are a bored couple who desire to give up the doldrums of normal life to go fight crime. The husband is a bit of a straight man and the wife is a witty hellcat. They often attempt to solve crimes using the M.O. (method of opperation) of famous litereary detectives...with varrying degrees of sucess... However, even when they dont solve the crime its still a delightful romp...
this book is set up into about 17 short stories...each one a new adventure that will leave you satisfied...
Well Done Ms. Christie.
Rating: 4
Summary: Entertaining detective tales but unrealistic background
Comment: While waiting for the spies from Moscow to show their hand, Tommy and Tuppence, aka Mr & Mrs Beresford, took over a detective agency known to be associated with the Moscow spies and masqueraded as the real owner Mr Blunt and staff. A fair number of legitimate cases unrelated to the spies came their way, and the two played the game by pretending to be famous fictious detectives, including Father Brown (creation of GK Chesterton) and Sherlock Holmes (creation of Arthur Conan Doyle). They solved the cases with more than an element of fun, typical husband-wife oneupmanship, female intuition etc.
While entertaining, the backdrop of the detective agency being a Trojan horse for counter-intelligence was rather naive and unrealistic. It presumed the Russians did not know the faces of the English traitors they recruited, and once the trap was exposed, they would prefer to spring it rather than leave it alone.
Rating: 5
Summary: an excellent, entertaining read
Comment: This is one of Christie's best efforts. Every story moves smoothly and is satisfying throughout til their expert conclusions. I really like her Tommy and Tuppence books. It's too bad she only wrote 5 of them, but this one I think is her finest. The 2 meld well together and even argue delightfully. A must addition to any Agatha collection. You will not be disappointed.
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Title: The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie ISBN: 0451201205 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: 03 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: By the Pricking of My Thumbs by Agatha Christie ISBN: 0451200527 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: July, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Postern of Fate by Agatha Christie ISBN: 0451200535 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: 10 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: N or M? by Agatha Christie ISBN: 0451201132 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: 12 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie ISBN: 0312979746 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 14 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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